This is an analysis of the poem O Cachimbo that begins with:

Uma visão do tenebroso Limbo.
Soturna e sepulcral, tens a teu lado:...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10101100010 100110010110 1110011100 101001000 110101111000 111001100 110110100 10001011100 1110101100011100 11110011010 1110110110 11101101110110 110111000110 10011001110 11111110111100110 10010101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 144
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; e, o are repeated.

    The author used the same word e at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of O Cachimbo;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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